Telling Stories with Matthew Dicks, Writer and GrandSlam Champion on The Moth - a podcast by Ezra Justin Lee

from 2020-02-11T11:00:14

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  • How Matt got into writing and storytelling in high school (1:40)
  • Storytelling as means of self-exploration and meaning (10:30)
  • Matt’s process in crafting a story to tell (16:35)
  • “What is a story?” (17:15)
  • Workshop: Matt crafts a story for us in real-time (26:50)
  • Contrast makes things interesting (42:00)
  • Scenes: placing stories in physical locations, avoiding exposition (46:39)
  • “Where do you think we go after we die?” (67:00)

Find Matt's books, podcasts, and everything else at matthewdicks.com

Find Matt's book on storytelling, "Storyworthy" at http://www.matthewdicks.com/storyworthy


Find more of Mark Dragicevic's music (composed one of the interlude songs) at https://soundcloud.com/cactusbloom


And thanks to Tape Works in Hartford, CT for the recording space and sound engineering help: https://www.tapeworksinc.com/

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